Photo/Somali Times Somali federal government Minister of Information Osman Abukar Dubbe said, ”What happened on February 19th in Mogadishu was a coup attempt.” He described it as “surprising” that someone was declaring that there was no government in the country, and that he was holding a press conference in front of the Somali presidential palace.

Photo/Somali Times James Swan screen capture. The United Nations envoy to Somalia, Mr James Swan, speaking at a Security Council meeting on the latest developments in Somalia, said there was “political tension”. Mr Swan said Somalia was currently in a difficult political situation, which could hamper progress in rebuilding Somalia’s system and even the security

Photo: Credit Twitter/ The Italian ambassador Luca Attanasio to Congo. The Italian ambassador to Congo, an Italian carabineri police officer and their Congolese driver were killed Monday in an attack on a U.N. convoy in an area that is home to myriad rebel groups, the Foreign Ministry and local people said. The ambush occurred as

Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s former Al-Shabaab commander Sheikh Sharif has called for renewed anti-government demonstrations and civil war supported by Kenya and United Arab Emirates in Mogadishu on February 26 2021. Sheikh Sharif’s vision is destruction and civil war also to go back to civil war 1991 has vowed to proceed with demonstrations against President Mohamed

Photo/Somali Times The Governor of the Puntland State of Somalia, Said Abdullahi Deni, held a press conference in Garowe last night talking about private conversation with the Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo which made up a lot of lies according to reliable sources told Somali Times. Said Deni accused President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo of believing

FILE – In this July 11, 2020 file photo, Tanzania’s President John Magufuli speaks at the national congress of his ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party in Dodoma, Tanzania. Tanzania’s president John Magufuli is finally acknowledging Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021 that his country has a coronavirus problem after claiming for months that the disease had

Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu, February 21, 2021: The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo chaired a preliminary meeting of the National Consultative Conference on the implementation of the recommendations of the Federal Electoral Technical Committee. The meeting was attended by the Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia Mohamed Hussein Roble,

Photo/Somali Times Fadumo Ali Nakruma, a popular singer from the Waberi group has passed away today at the Martini Hospital in Mogadishu. She was admitted to Martini Hospital in the last few days with a coronavirus infection, which eventually led to her death. Fadumo Nakruma was a national singer and one of the pillars of

Tennis – Australian Open – Men’s Singles Final – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, February 21, 2021 Serbia’s Novak Djokovic celebrates with the trophy after winning his final match against Russia’s Daniil Medvedev REUTERS/Kelly Defina By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) – A tournament that had to contend with many uncertainties due to the COVID-19 pandemic, climaxed

Somalia Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Osman Dubbe said United Arab Emirates of violating international law by belittling Somalia’s government as “interim” and seeking to sow violence. A Saturday UAE statement on recent clashes in the country also violates bilateral fellowship, Osman Dubbe, Somalia’s information minister, told a press conference in Mogadishu. “The UAE